Armistice on Waterfront Faces Collapse as Arbitration Fails
San Francisco dispatch reports waning optimism as September 30 deadline nears. Longshoremen and maritime unions oppose arbitration of 1934 awards, threatening a strike or lockout unless new contracts are negotiated. Government pressure grows as tensions rise among employers unions and the International Longshoremen's Union led by Harry Bridges.
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San Francisco
Iaiders
Employers’ Committee
the International Longshoremen’s Union
Harry Bridges
Bridges
Department of Labor
The Traders and a Quiet House Trade Scheme
A tale follows Spooky and Chatterer as Spooky eyes a house trade while avoiding suspicion. He scouts the home and contemplates a swap, planning to make Chatterer crave his tree more without revealing intent. The narrative shifts to a broader scene of labor tensions shaping wartime strategy.
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Chatterer
Spooky
T. W. Burgess
Auto dealers to gather for Prestone anti freeze meeting
A Prestone safety meeting tonight at the Hering Hotel will unite auto dealers service stations and garage men to promote better cooling system protection for winter. A six reel film Going Places and a short feature by Dr Sig Spaeth will be shown. The American Automobile Association reports 540 000 cars froze last winter due to faulty protection.
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Hering
National Carbon Company
Sig Spaeth
American Automobile Association
American design shifts pull car style away from Paris
Fort Worth Texas sept 11 U P quotes Lawrence P Fisher of the Fisher body family and GM in charge of style development saying America now leads in auto style while European designers seek American ideas. He notes a swing from Paris fashion and a lack of novelty from Europe in recent years.
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Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
America
Paris
Lawrence P. Fisher
Fisher
General Motors Corporation
Reds Attack Chinese City Lanchow Area Siege
Plundering Communist invaders laid siege to the provincial city near Lanchow as 70 000 red troops concentrated in Southern Kansu Province. The assault prompted Americans and other foreigners to seek protection in the area amid reports of imminent attack on Titao.
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Lanchow
China
Titao
Kansu
Girl Scouts Plan Free Nursery At Tri-State Pair Exposition
Dorothy Aufbenbrink at Girl Scout headquarters today said plans are nearing completion for the organization's participation in the fourteenth annual Tri-State Pair exposition set for September 21 to 26. Miss Margareth Chesmore and Mrs. Bond Burgess are named as local director and fair committee chair.
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Girl Scout
Dorothy Aufbenbrink
Tri-State
Margareth Chesmore
Girl Scouts
Amarillo
Bond Burgess
GM officials in China on business and pleasure
General Motors executives led by executive vice president William 8. Knudsen visited China with designer and manufacturing teams in a bid to study American design trends and boost local operations during a business and pleasure trip.
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Ope
Fisher
William 8. Knudsen
General Motors
Scout council exhibit to cost $30 monthly at Tugwelltown exposition
The Scout council plans an exhibit on the exposition grounds with a $30 per month charge. A free nursery will be a key feature drawing mothers, following popularity in prior years.
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Scout Council
Tugwelltown
Huey’s Widow in Conference at Tyler Bank Visit
Mrs Huey P Long widow of the late Louisiana kingfish conferred with Gus F Taylor president of Citizens National Bank in Tyler Texas and other officials. She inspected vault papers for about ten minutes then departed quietly on a sacred mission as requested. John McCann arrested in Ukiah California resisted fingerprinting citing dislike of dirty fingers and was found to have 46 years in jail across a 70 year life with records dating to 1890 including time in Folsom and San Quentin prisons.
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Ukiah
Calif
John McCann
State Office
Folsom
San Quentin
California
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Lipton
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Mass
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American Medical Association
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Colorado
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